Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500s

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 9500s achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 3,022,675 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Apple A16 Bionic's 1,302,867 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 9500s the more powerful processor.

Apple A16 Bionic

MediaTek Dimensity 9500s

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2022

Jan, 2026

CPU

Hexa Core

(3.46 GHz, Dual Core + 2.02 GHz, Quad core)

Octa core

(3.73 GHz, Single Core + 3.3 GHz, Tri core + 2.4 GHz, Quad core)

Process Node

4 nm

3 nm

GPU

Apple A16 GPU

Immortalis-G925

Memory Type

LPDDR5

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

1,302,867

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3,022,675

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Geekbench Score

2,398/5,285

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2,673/8,483

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Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

AnTuTu measures CPU, GPU, memory and overall performance in different scenarios

Apple A16 Bionic 1,302,867

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MediaTek Dimensity 9500s 3,022,675

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CPU

322,518

877,143

GPU

353,283

1,049,014

Memory

310,155

452,385

316,911

644,133

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

The Geekbench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Geekbench Single Core

Apple A16 Bionic 2,398

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MediaTek Dimensity 9500s 2,673

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Geekbench Multi Core

Apple A16 Bionic 5,285

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MediaTek Dimensity 9500s 8,483

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General

SoC Brand

Apple

MediaTek

Title

Apple A16 Bionic

MediaTek Dimensity 9500s

Model No

APL1W10

MT6991Z

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Hexa Core

Octa core

CPU

Hexa Core (3.46 GHz, Dual Core, Everest + 2.02 GHz, Quad core, Sawtooth)

Octa core (3.73 GHz, Single Core, Cortex X925 + 3.3 GHz, Tri core, Cortex X4 + 2.4 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A720)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

4 nm

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv8.6-A

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

256 KB

N/A

L2 Cache

16 MB

2 MB

L3 Cache

N/A

12 MB

GPU

Apple A16 GPU

Immortalis-G925

GPU Clock speed

1.398 GHz

1.612 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

Total Shaders

640

1536

FLOPS

1789.4 Gigaflops

4952.1 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

N/A

1.3

OpenCL Version

N/A

3.0 FP

DirectX Version

N/A

12.1

AI

NPU

Neural Engine

MediaTek NPU

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

3.2 GHz

5.333 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

51.2 Gb/s

85.3 Gb/s

Memory Max size

6 GB

24 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

UFS 4.1

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

48 MP

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

N/A	UHD @ 180 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

N/A

180 Hz

Color Depth

N/A

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

AAC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 7500 Mbps

Up to 7300 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ax, b, g, n, n 5GHz

a, ac, ax, b, be, g, n, n 5GHz

Bluetooth Version

5.3

5.4

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, QZSS

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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